He finally reunited with Maguire's character during the film's big battle scene at the Statue of Liberty construction site. Unlike his role as the antagonist in "Spider-Man 2," Doc Ock used his knowledge to help Holland's character in his plan. They teamed up with Holland's character to develop cures for the returning villains before sending them back to their worlds. To explain Molina's return, it was revealed that he got swooped into Holland's universe just before his death in "Spider-Man 2."Įventually, previous Spider-Man portrayers Maguire and Andrew Garfield also emerged. After a pep talk from Peter, Otto sacrificed himself and drowned in the river with his machinery.Īlfred Molina as Doc Ock and Tobey Maguire as Spider-Man in "Spider-Man 2." Columbia Picturesĭespite his character's death, Molina returned for the 2021 film "No Way Home," which marked Tom Holland's third standalone film as the web-slinger.Īfter a spell cast by Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) went wrong, visitors from the multiverse who knew of Peter's superhero persona, like Molina's Doc Ock, entered Holland's world. Near the end of "Spider-Man 2," Peter took off his mask and revealed his identity to Otto, who was on the brink of death. As he became fixated on rebuilding the containment field to harness a large amount of power, Maguire's Spider-Man stepped in to foil him. As part of his experiment, he designed four actuators that resembled tentacles and were inserted into his spine to create a successful fusion.Īfter the demo went wrong and Otto's inhibitor chip got fried, the smart arms overtook the scientist and began controlling him. In the movie, Molina's character developed a fusion-based energy source that would provide safe, renewable energy and cheap electricity for civilians. Otto Octavius/Doc Ock in the 2004 film "Spider-Man 2," the second film released as part of director Sam Raimi's trilogy starring Maguire as Peter Parker/Spider-Man. Otto Octavius/Doc Ock in "Spider-Man: No Way Home." Marvel Studios/Sony Pictures After all, Peter has previously wished he could face bigger threats than his "friendly neighborhood" could provide, and the warning in the trailer appears to be the dangers of wish fulfillment.Alfred Molina as Dr. Bringing in Doctor Octopus as the first sign of that in the trailer - given that he could well still be the greatest Spider-Man movie villain - would be the perfect teaser of Spider-Man: No Way Home's explosive plot. Nightmare could be the stand-in for Mephisto here, and the price for Peter's anonymity may be having his greatest foes on his tail. That might tie into the comic book arc Spider-Man: One More Day, which followed Civil War's reveal of Peter Parker's identity and saw Spidey make a deal with the devil that comes with a heartbreaking price. There appears to be a warning of getting what you wish for, which may hint at Strange drawing on the Dream Dimension (and thus Nightmare - who was speculated to be Doctor Strange 2's villain) to pull off the dangerous magic required. The more likely source is that the multiversal Sinister Six that presumably end up stalking Holland's Peter Parker are the result of Doctor Strange's attempts to help Spider-Man's secret identity be forgotten. The answer seemingly lies in the multiverse and the suggestion that while he looks like the same character, he's presumably a variant from a timeline in which he didn't die. The question now is how the franchise will justify Molina's return as Doctor Octopus after his character was killed off in Spider-Man 2. And that final moment, which sees Alfred Molina greet Holland's Peter Parker like an old friend is one of the MCU's biggest stand-out trailer moments ever. Related: Why Marvel Won't Confirm Garfield & Maguire Are In Spider-Man: No Way HomeĬrowning an otherwise mischievous marketing campaign that sought to actively weaponize trolling - especially around No Way Home's title - Sony stole back the reins with the release of the first trailer out of CinemaCon. Now, with what feels like years of story and casting rumors already in the bank, No Way Home looks like it might just be shaping up to be the fan-baiting crossover event everyone's dreamt of for some time. But WandaVision teased dimensional shenanigans before Loki's Kang ending opened the Multiverse of Madness well before Doctor Strange's sequel explores it further. When Spider-Man: Far From Home trolled the MCU's fans with a Multiversal false start, thanks to Jake Gyllenhaal's Mysterio, the possibility of a dream reunion of Tobey Maguire, Andre Garfield, and Tom Holland's MCU Spider-Man looked to be slipping away.
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